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Vasco - Patna Express
Leaving Vasco da Gama
Saw Over 500 queuing up to grab about 500 seats in 6 Second Class / General Coaches of Patna Express train at Vasco.
Another about 500 will board at Margao and Thivim in Goa.Then, there are others waiting to board at Sawantwadi Road. Ratnagiri, Chiplun, Panvel, Kalyan etc etc
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over 1500 in 6 coaches. Often we hear people travel one legged or even traveling in toilets..
3 days 2 nights, I wonder how they move around or how they even go to the toilet.
Is there any room for TC to enter for ticket checking? Many could be travelling free.
India, rail travel for common man is far more behind than most other countries. Govt should also do something about it so as to bring about some improvements in the rail travel in Indian Railways which is one of the largest railway networks in the world.
Patna Express is just one example, we know there are many including Goans who traveled one legged (standing) to Mumbai in General Coaches.
Stations will issue as many tickets even knowing there is no space in the general coaches - its inhuman!
Increasing trains frequency, limiting long distance tickets in General coaches (live linking database) etc may be some of the solutions.
At Vasco, I saw some Police (RPF?) controlling the rush